Improvement in ironing machines



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JOSEPH Vlr. THORP, OF SANBORNTN BRIDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Potent No. 62,905, (hdmi Mare/l, 12, 1367.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRONING MACHINES.

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ltl ALL WHM IT MAY CNCERN lle it known that l, JUSEPH W. l'nonrl` nl' Snnborntow lirillge, in the county of Belknap` und Sinn; it Non Ilninpshire, have invented n new und useful linpiuivelinlnt in 'Villiers Pressing llliiehiiws; and l lo hereby deelnrw lhrit the following is n full, clem, :und exert. lleflvription tlurwnil, hieh will entitle others sliilled in 1h@ nrt to multe and use the some, rtfelenee heilig had to the neeoinpnnying drawing/:1ul forming' pori of this speeiliculion,

in which- Figure 1 is u, side view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. t

This improvement consists in nn arrangement of levers :ind slides, in connection with the handle of' o tailors goose, suspended upon a crane, whereby the operator con impart with the hand any desired nnount of' pressure upon the elfith, or relieve it of pressure entirely, by simply raising or lowering the hond, without the employment of a spring or catch of any kind whatever.

A represents n supporting brise; B, on upright, in which is hung a crane, C, connected by un adjustable swinging arm, D, with a goose, E, mounted upon n. platform or table, F, allot1 which parts orc Constructed in :my suitable mnnner, und forni no port of my invention proper, which relates wholly to the arrangement for eontrolling und managing the goose in the operation of pressing 0n the top of each end et the goose E are fastened two upright guides n n', upon which nre fitted slides connecting with n snpliiorting-hnr, c, that runs horizontally between the guides a a, find is suspended by a swivel-joint to the end of the adiustnhle arm I). The handle d has two side-pieces e e the ends et' which :ire pivoted to the ends ofthe supporting-har c. Connectingrods or links g g nrc pivoted :it one end to the sidefpicces e e; and at the other end to the foot of the guidesa a; and the connection of the linksgg with the side-pieces r' e is such that their points of junction h Il are the fulcro by which the sidepieces c e act as levers for raising und lowering the supportingdmr e, which moves up und down, with the slides L b, on the guides a a'7 when the handle d is depressed or elevated by the hnndof the operator. It will be observed that with this arrangement of' the lmndle the press-iron is completely under the control of the operator, und that when the iron is moved over thc cloth the desired amount of pressure may be readily imparted by simply bearing upon the handle., without the extraneous aid of springs; and that the iron will remain suspended when the handle is elevated independently of u spring or catch, usually employed for this purpose.

Hoving thus described my invention, what I claim :is new, and desire to secure by Letters Potent, is

The compound levers c. h g, provided with handle d, the end of levers e e being pivoted to bar e, which is connected to swinging arm D by a swivel-joint, and thc end of levers g g being connected to the guides a a, which slide in sleeves b b, in combination with the iron E, the whole operating substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by ine this third day of September, 1866.

JOSEPH W. THORP.l Witnesses: RUEUS E. HILLIAnD,

ELLIOTT G. Tnonr. 

